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Multiple Star Systems

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Two or more stars bound together and catalogued as a single system, from binary and eclipsing binary pairs through triple, quadruple and sextuple systems to optical doubles. Belongs here: any entry whose defining identity is the system of stars together, not one component star. Does not belong here: a single star described on its own, grouped under Stars, or a cluster of many unrelated stars sharing a common origin, grouped under Star Clusters.

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